Public Act 099-0419
 
SB0023 EnrolledLRB099 05457 HEP 25492 b


  
    AN ACT concerning courts.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Attorney Act is amended  by changing Section 
2 as follows:
 



    (705 ILCS 205/2)  (from Ch. 13, par. 2)



    Sec. 2. Licensing of noncitizens. 
    (a) No person shall be prohibited from receiving a license 
solely because he or she is not a citizen of the United States 
entitled to receive a license as aforesaid
unless he is a 
citizen of the United States or unless he has made a

declaration of intention to become a citizen or unless, having 
made such
declaration of intention, he has filed a petition for 
naturalization within
thirty days after becoming eligible to do 
so and until he shall have
obtained a certificate of his good 
moral character from a circuit court.

    (b) The Supreme Court of this State may grant a license to 
a person who, in addition to fulfilling the requirements to 
practice law within this State, satisfies the following 
requirements:
        (1) the United States Department of Homeland Security 
    has approved the person's request for  Deferred Action for 
    Childhood Arrivals;
        (2) the person's Deferred Action for Childhood 
    Arrivals has not expired or has been properly renewed; and
        (3) the person has a current and valid employment 
    authorization document issued by the United States 
    Citizenship and Immigration Service.
    The General Assembly finds and declares that this 
subsection (b) is a state law within the meaning of subsection 
(d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
    (c)  The Illinois Supreme Court may promulgate any orders or 
rules necessary to implement this amendatory Act of the 99th 
General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 79-1361.)

  


Effective Date:  1/1/2016